Distribution, Status of Migratory and Resident Waterfowls of Drigh Lake (Sindh) Wildlife Sanctuary

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Distribution, Status of Migratory and Resident Waterfowls of Drigh Lake (Sindh) Wildlife Sanctuary

Karim Gabol, Sajid Mehmood, Nikhat Yasmin, R.M Tariq and Rahila Tabassum

Drigh Lake has emerged as an important wintering area offer a wide variety of waterfowl 37 species of waterfowl belonging to 6 orders and 9 families have been recorded from the area during the period 1998-2003, which includes some rare and threatened species. The status of each bird species has also been recorded. During mid/winter counts of waterfowl the highest population of 12618 waterfowl was counted in 2000. Drigh lake wildlife sanctuary listed as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar convention in July 1976.

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Karim Gabol, Sajid Mehmood, Nikhat Yasmin, R.M Tariq and Rahila Tabassum, 2005. Distribution, Status of Migratory and Resident Waterfowls of Drigh Lake (Sindh) Wildlife Sanctuary. International Journal of Zoological Research, 1: 37-40.

DOI: 10.3923/ijzr.2005.37.40

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijzr.2005.37.40

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Karim Gabol

Sajid Mehmood

Nikhat Yasmin

R.M Tariq

Rahila Tabassum

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Distribution, Status of Migratory and Resident Waterfowls of Drigh Lake (Sindh) Wildlife Sanctuary

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